Why Richard Gere Keeps
Raking In the Big Bucks

How much would you pay for a graying leading man who, unless he's paired with megastar Julia Roberts, hasn't had a major hit since the early 1980s?

Try $15 million. That sum -- just a rung below the paychecks of Hollywood's most bankable stars -- is what Richard Gere is getting for his coming film, "The Mothman Prophecies," a mystery now being filmed in rural Pennsylvania. That's a lot of money when you consider that Mr. Gere's last movie grossed $2 million less than that domestically. Or that Anthony Hopkins...